Watches. Hong Kong. It is virtually impossible to go anywhere in this city without bumping into a watch shop of some description, whether it’s one of the many branches of City Chain, the plethora of shops in Central, TST and… Read More ›
Vintage watches etc
Vintage timepieces.
Rolex 5510 – Some notes
As we have mentioned in this previous post, Rolex 5510s have been in the news a little of late (and in the US$66,100 ebay 5510’s case, this interest even appeared in the non-watch media). Compared to the 5510 that went… Read More ›
Rolex 5510 – Christie’s Auction 2366
If you lost out on the recent much talked about ebay auction of a Rolex 5510 covered here by Hodinkee, you can always try for this one, up for auction at Christie’s Sale 2366 on 14 December in New York…. Read More ›
Vacheron Constantin Royal Chronometer
HISTORY The term ‘chronometer’ was coined by English watchmaker and writer Jeremy Thacker in 1714 in his pamphlet ‘The Longitudes Examin’d’ for clocks used to calculate longitude on marine voyages. He invented a marine chronometer, a clock encased within a… Read More ›
Hands-on with Seiko’s (new) Quartz Astron
December 2009 was the 40th anniversary of the world’s first Quartz wristwatch, the Seiko Quartz Astron 35SQ. Based on a quartz crystal oscillator (an electrical signal with an extremely precise frequency), its importance is acknowledged by its registration on the… Read More ›
Gérald Genta
Gérald Genta, the horological legend and man behind the eponymous brand (although no longer associated with it), is responsible for some of the most (and yes this overused word is appropriate) iconic watch designs produced in the 1970s, some of… Read More ›
Patria watches – Omega sibling?
Patria is a Latin word cognate with the Greek πατρίς (patris), both of which derive from the word for “father”, or “fatherland”. The watch brand Patria is commonly mentioned in the same breath as the brands of Brandt, Gurzelen, Labrador,… Read More ›
